Apple posted a net quarterly profit of $320 million, or $.37 per diluted share, and revenue of $3.52 billion. These results compare to a net profit of $61 million, or $.08 per diluted share, and revenue of $2.01 billion in the year-ago quarter, and represent revenue growth of 75 percent and net profit growth of 425 percent. Gross margin was 29.7 percent, up from 27.8 percent in the year-ago quarter.
Apple today posted a net profit of $290 million, or $.34 per diluted share, for its second fiscal quarter of 2005, which it said was the highest March quarter for revenue and income in the company's history. Some notes of interest from the conference call with Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer and vice president Tim Cook:
Overall, Apple Computer achieved a superb fourth quarter, shattering the street's expectations by some 8 cents a share. Some notes of interest from the conference call with Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer and vice president Tim Cook:
Below are a series of notes gathered from this evenings conference call with outgoing Apple CFO, Fred Anderson and his successor, Peter Oppenheimer.
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